The Hundred has won over the doubters and smashed its way to success | Emma John

The players enjoyed it and Kevin Pietersen was a good pundit although teams can still work on their identitiesWell, that happened. The first edition of the Hundred is complete, after 32 games, 429 sixes, 1,581 fours and 3,327 uses of the word match-up. The Oval Invincibles got away with their hubristic team name thanks to their women bossing their final, and Southern Brave won the men’s contest despite being cruelly saddled with a logo that looked like the kind of utility company that offe